Extradural cryptococcoma at the sacral spine without bone involvement in an immunocompetent patient

J Orthop Sci. 2014 Nov;19(6):1040-5. doi: 10.1007/s00776-013-0413-2. Epub 2013 May 28.

Authors

Yumiko Asanuma¹, Hajime Fujimoto, Hiroshi Nakabayashi, Koji Akeda, Kunihiro Asanuma, Masaru Tanaka, Takeshi Nagakura, Yoshihiro Miura, Takahiro Iino, Kunikazu Ogawa, Yuichi Kasai, Akihiro Sudo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mie Chuo Medical Center, 2158-5 Hisai Myojincho, Tsu, Mie, 514-1101, Japan, [email protected].

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification*
Diagnosis, Differential
Dura Mater / microbiology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / immunology
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / microbiology
Middle Aged
Myelography
Sacrococcygeal Region